Bruce Markham wrote: > > > On Nov 19, 2007 4:50 AM, Jonathan Chayce Dickinson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hey Bruce, > > Can you put those stubs up somewhere? I will be happy to start > coding them (the ones that we don't need to discuss ATM at least). > > Regards, > Jonathan Chayce Dickinson > > Well, you can build and run time RuntimeCop tool, which is in > /trunk/Tools/RuntimeCop . It basically just outputs the list of all > the stubs. Under Windows, you can obviously use the stream redirection > symbol ">>" to put it in a text file for easy scrolling. > > The problem is, I'm not sure how to translate a Mono.Cecil's > ParameterDefinition into something I can print back out as a C# > paramater definition - and its an issue, because the signatures have > to be exactly correct. (We don't want to have to re-gen after we've > filled in the stubs, because that will be too much maintenance.) > > The specific issue I'm having is, delineating the difference between > by-ref, (in C#, "ref " prefix on parameter definition), and pointers > (obviously, the "*" suffix on the type in the parameter definition.) I > can't figure out the difference, (if any), in the eyes of Mono.Cecil. > > While I think the AOT doesn't have to care, I know the C# compiler > does. For one thing, byref is 'safe', pointers are not, (and neither > are CLS Compliant, but thats neither here nor there.) I really need > DarxKies' input on how the AOT handles these things, (and how we want > it to in the future), before we can start fleshing out any code > auto-generated by my tool. > > And it may be a moot point. Byref parameters, and pointers as > parameters, may in fact AOT/JIT to be the exact same thing - but I > honestly have no idea. And it also might be a moot point simply > because we don't compile our normal .NET libraries against these > stubs, because the AOT/JIT will match them. But if there is a binary > difference, we need to figure it out now. > ref and pointers are not the same. The former points to an object, the later contains only an address. The AOT treats them differently.
It would be great to take a look at the whole list of stubs. Chriss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ SharpOS-Developers mailing list SharpOS-Developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sharpos-developers
